The Septuagint: Why It Matters More Than You Think

What if the words in your English Bible sometimes come from a different source than the Hebrew text? In this episode I sit down with Dr. Greg Lanier, a Septuagint scholar with a PhD from Cambridge, to dig into just how often modern English translations quietly depart from the Masoretic Text in favor of the Septuagint. Dr. Lanier has spent months cataloging nearly 1,400 footnotes across the CSB, ESV, NIV, and NRSVue where the Septuagint gets a mention, and we walk through some of the most surprising examples, including a case where the King James Version itself follows the Septuagint over the Hebrew. If you make it to the end of this video, type "Digging Deep" in the comments to be entered in a giveaway for this book haul (full rules in the pinned comment): CSB Connecting Scripture New Testament: https://amzn.to/4xsbY95 A Proverb a Day in Biblical Hebrew: https://amzn.to/4i17UrH The Septuagint: What It Is and Why It Matters: https://amzn.to/4chgcbk Timestamps 00:00 The surprising Septuagint footnotes 00:07:58 Pierced, or like a lion? The KJV mystery nobody talks about 00:14:50 A dead governor's name, or something else entirely? 00:16:10 Whose table is it, really? 00:46:23 The footnote that cites a book that isn't even in your Bible 00:50:09 One chapter, three ancient texts, stitched together 00:51:00 So which translation should you actually trust? Further reading on the Septuagint: The Septuagint: What It Is and Why It Matters: https://amzn.to/4chgcbk The Authority of the Septuagint: https://amzn.to/4iYU21n Official Giveaway Rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ycVTfKJa78xu_UUEOVuvd-UKpo1Hhsun-3ivIfFrP2Q/edit?usp=sharing #Septuagint #BibleTranslation #BiblicalStudies #KJV #DiggingDeep